四正丸

Chinese

		four	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	pill
trad. (四正丸)		四	正	丸
simp. #(四正丸)		四	正	丸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìzhèng wán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄨㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìzhèng wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjhèng wán
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-chêng⁴ wan²
    • Yale: sz̀-jèng wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjenq wan
    • Palladius: сычжэн вань (syčžɛn vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ wän³⁵/

Noun

四正丸

1. A dark brown honeyed pill used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat vomiting, anorexia, abdominal distention, diarrhea. It is typically administered with a ginger decoction or boiled water.

Sizheng pills have the following herbal ingredients:

Name	Chinese (S)	Grams
Herba Pogostemonis	广藿香	90
Herba Moslae	香薷	90
Folium Perillae	苏叶	90
Radix Angelicae Dahuricae	白芷	90
Lignum Santali Albi	檀香	30
Fructus Chaenomelis	木瓜	90
Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata	法半夏	90
Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (stir-baked with ginger juice)	厚朴 (姜汁炒)	90
Pericarpium Arecae	大腹皮	90
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae	陈皮	90
Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (processed with bran)	白术 (麸炙)	90
Radix Platycodonis	桔梗	90
Poria	茯苓	90
Semen Arecae	槟榔	30
Fructus Aurantii (stir-baked with bran)	枳壳 (麸炒)	90
Fructus Crataegi (stir-baked)	山楂 (炒)	30
Massa Medicata Fermentata (stir-baked with bran)	神曲 (麸炒)	90
Fructus Hordei Germinatus (stir-baked)	麦芽 (炒)	30
Semen Lablab Album (removed from testa)	白扁豆 (去外种皮)	90
Radix Glycyrrhizae	甘草	90

References

• State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People’s Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.